OSHA Inspection: FIDENCIO BAUTISTA BASILIO

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, two employees were not protected by eye or face protection while using hammers, grinders and saws on the construction site, exposing the employees to the hazard of being struck by flying debris.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffolding and the tubular welded frame system used on site were designed by a qualified person, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, the employees were not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with the erection of a pump jack scaffold system and a tubular welded scaffolding systems, exposing the employees to fall hazards up to approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of the scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.  On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, the two tier tubular welded frame scaffolding system was not fully planked between the uprights, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffold system installed on the west side of the property and the two tier tubular welded frame scaffolding system erected inside the property under construction had guardrails installed, exposing employees to a fall hazard up to approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  On or about June 21, 2018, the employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffold system installed on the west side of the property under construction had base plates and mud sills installed, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(1): Pump jack brackets, braces, and accessories were not fabricated from metal plates and angles. Each pump jack bracket did not have two positive gripping mechanisms to prevent any failure or slippage.   On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that the pump jack brackets, braces, and accessories were fabricated from metal plates and angles on the scaffolding system installed on the west side of the property under construction, exposing the employees to the hazards of falls in the event of pump jack scaffold failure or slippage.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  On or about June 21, 2018, the employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffold system set up on the west side of the property under construction was secure to the structure with rigid triangular bracing, exposing the scaffolding to a collapse or failure.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  On or about June 21, 2018, and at times prior thereto, one employee who was not using fall protection equipment was standing on the top of a wall marking lines for the floor joist on the residential property under construction, exposing the employee to a fall hazard up to approximately 44 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  On or about June 21, 2018, employees working on the residential property under construction had not received training on the use of fall protection prior to being allowed to work in elevated places, exposing the employees to fall hazard of approximately 44 feet.